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"# A powerful solution to improve patient safety within your organization. # An evidence-based teamwork system to improve communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals. "

"PRODIGY (formerly CKS) is a reliable source of evidence-based information and practical 'know how' about the common conditions managed in primary care."

"These patient decision aids (PDAs) have been developed to help support difficult decisions in which patients need to consider benefits versus risks. Decision aids prepare patients for decision-making by increasing their knowledge about expected outcomes and personal values. The PDAs are based on the best available evidence but are not a substitute for a discussion with a suitably skilled healthcare professional. We hope that their use in such discussions will result in better informed, patient-focused decision-making. "

This paper (a) describes the role feedback plays in formative instructional practices, (b) suggests some evidence-based instructional strategies practitioners can employ to increase opportunities for feedback about their instruction, and (c) recommends ways to enhance the effectiveness of the feedback students receive.

"This is all about patients. This is an updated professionalism, about quality of care and evidence-based medicine. "

"Evaluating professionalism in medicine from the outside, as a neutral observer rather than a passionate practitioner, can provide insights unlikely to arise within the profession itself. "

Our study has shown that the online module on EBM was effective in increasing EBM knowledge and skills of postgraduate students and was well received by both students and tutors. Students and tutors experienced generic challenges that accompany any educational intervention of EBM (e.g. understanding difficult concepts), but in addition had to deal with challenges unique to the online learning environment. Teachers of EBM should acknowledge these so as to enhance and successfully implement EBM teaching and learning for all students.

This report assesses the status of relevant team training research

" It is essential to set clear expectations for professional behavior with faculty and residents. A notice of deficiency should define the expected acceptable behavior, timeline for improvement, and consequences for noncompliance. Faculty should note and address systems problems that unintentionally reinforce and thus enable unprofessional behavior. "

"The authors present principles derived from three basic theories of human cognition that may help to guide clinicians' instruction of parents and patients."

Nephrology on demand - Brody School of Medicine site with lecture resources, articles for medical students, physicians, patients etc.